cellmates by lumicity by Mike Norton and James Lang

Dragonfly Energy's Director of Product Development on building safer lithium-ion batteries - and why solid-state is the only real end goal.

Pumped hydro is 95% of the world's energy storage. We're running out of mountains. So what comes next?

Battery cathode materials startup Nascent Materials: founded by a former Tesla Gigafactory engineer fixing the supply problem he saw from the inside.

In this closing episode, we sit down with Dean Hossein Haj-Hariri to reflect on the major themes of the series and look ahead to the future of CIBI. We cover:

This episode spotlights Phenogy, with CEO PeterBraun and Director North America Suzanne Dickerson,exploring how industry partnerships accelerate energy storage innovation.

In this week's episode, we speak with Sam Phillips, Digital Strategies Lead at Siemens, about the company’s role in driving innovation at the intersection of research and industry. 

This week's exciting episode spotlights SC Nexus, a key player in building the collaborative ecosystem surrounding CIBI.

This week's episode highlights how USC alumni are driving impact across national labs and industry.

In Episode 2 of our CIBI Series, we turn the spotlight on the University of South Carolina (USC) faculty driving battery and energy storage research forward.

In this episode, we speak with the leaders of 6 companies driving innovation in battery technology and energy storage, and carefully selected for the NENY Charge Up Accelerator.

This episode launches our special 7-part series on the Carolina Istitute for Battery Innovation (CIBI), founded in 2024 and adding to South Carolina’s long history in battery research dating back to the 1980s.

We’re joined by Moshiel Biton, CEO of Addionics, to explore a battery component that rarely gets attention but plays a crucial role in performance: current collectors.

We sit down with Gary Ong, CEO of Celadyne Technologies, to hear the story of building a startup in one of the toughest markets — clean hydrogen and fuel cells.

This episode kicks off our new Charge Up Series , following 6 start-ups in the NENY Charge Up Accelerator — a program created to strengthen domestic manufacturing and accelerate innovation in battery technology and clean energy.

This week we’re joined by Gabrielle Pierre (裴家佳), Executive Director of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM), to discuss how Georgia is becoming a hub for electric vehicles, battery supply chains, and clean mobility policy.

In this episode, we speak with Nika Ptushkina of PDF Solutions about how data analytics is transforming battery manufacturing and why representation matters in clean energy.

In this episode, co-hosts Mike Norton and Jackson Lyons sit down with Emily Dickens, Chief Commercial Officer at Octet Scientific, to explore how her company is advancing energy storage through smart chemistry.

In this episode, we’re joined by Roshan Pujari, founder and CEO of Stardust Power, a fast-rising player in the American battery-grade lithium refining space.

Discussions with Derek Ramsell, co‑founder of Battery Metals Inc, on how he’s applying his hard-won experience in the gold mining industry to revolutionise battery recycling. Operating from North Carolina, Battery Metals is harnessing mining-style operations to recover valuable metals from used battery packs—essential to scaling the domestic energy storage supply chain.

John Busbee, a member of Xerion’s leadership team, talks about the long and winding road of building a cleantech company; sharing candid reflections on overcoming technical setbacks, refining their product offering, and maintaining belief through moments of doubt.

Aaron Wade offers a deep dive into the financial landscape of the battery industry, sharing unique perspectives on investment strategies, valuation trends, and funding challenges.

Mike Norton and James Lang sit down with  Mykela DeLuca, a battery data scientist and product manager at Micantis, to explore her transition from physical sciences to cutting‑edge AI and data science in battery diagnostics.

Brad Reed, VP of Corporate Development at Microporous (the U.S. leader in lithium-ion battery separator technology) shares his career journey, the story of building multiple battery-focused businesses, and how Microporous secured a $100 million Department of Energy grant to expand domestic manufacturing.

A talk with Les Alexander, President & CEO of the Battery Innovation Center (BIC), exploring how the BIC is shaping the future of US battery R&D.

Neil brings over 14 years of expertise building US based energy business's to talk about his collaborative solutions and the changing landscape of the battery energy storage space!

Tal founded Voltaiq in 2012 and is joining us to discuss the growth and journey of Voltaiq!

Curt Collar joins us from Nanotech to talk to us all about their market leading graphene powere batteries!

A thrilling insight from Natasha about her journey and the rapid evolution of her idea of fuel cell transportation that has led to an extremely exciting business, Ayrton Energy!

Ultrasound devices working to help identify battery defects? A journey from a community college graduate to a director of Engineering? Hear all of that and more here!

Co-Founder of Lumafield joins us to discuss their product portfolio and how he helped them build best in class battery scanning machines!

A great episode highlighting Kris's nomadic journey and how that has positioned him in a perfect way to help ABTC become the leading force they have been within battery recycling extraction and Primary Reource Development!

Jesse joins us to discuss Sublime Systems & their recent announcements and partnerships to make sustainable cement!

Peter joins us from Glimpse to talk about his journey through Tesla, juggling startup ownership and fatherhood & why Glimpse will make a huge impact on battery technology!

Valentin joins us to discuss the growth of his opensource platform that is designed to help battery modeling experts and novices alike across the world!

Daniel Li joins us to talk through his journey within automotive batteries and the impact SES AI will have!

Raj joins to discuss the groundbreaking product that is planned to disrupt the battery market, the difficulties with scaling a startup & more.

Solving the energy crisis with cans of Coca-cola, Ariel Jackson talks us through his journey & his current chalenge as CSO of found energy! A very interesting speaker & a wonderfully intriguing company!

Taylor joins us to discuss her journey of managing the balancing act of having a chemical and business focused input into a business and the journey that brought her to where she is.

Robert joins us from United Kingdon to discuss the future of battery technology and ones to watch!

Andrew joins us this week to talk through his journey as an early-stage tesla employee through to his pathway into academia.

Bob Gowell joins us to talk about the well-established Chinese Na-Ion business and its launch in the USA as Sodium Power.

Claudiu Bucur joins us from Piersica. Claudiu brings us his unique mindset on what it takes to launch the best battery.